Merry Christmas

Happy Birthday, Asher!

My baby boy turned one today! One whole year old already! Whoa! How did that happen?
He has come a long way in a short time. We thank the Lord for such a healthy child!  It's hard to imagine that this chunky little boy is the same tiny baby who was so fragile.  Praise be to God!

Dear Asher

You really don't need to puke every time I put you in a new outfit or place you on a clean rug. Seriously. What's with the puking lately? I thought you'd outgrown your reflux. Perhaps you want to wear all of your trendy clothes in one day? I don't know...but this mama is really sick of doing laundry.

Love, Mama

yikes!

DSC_2885.JPG, originally uploaded by ennema family.

DSC_2886.JPG, originally uploaded by ennema family.

this scares me a lot. i freak out when Rob does this. but Asher loves it, and Judah seemed to turn out okay despite being tossed around by his crazy daddy!

my big boys

i love this photo of the boys. it was a totally candid shot that turned out really cute!

they are getting so big! we visited the family doctor last week, and I had both of them weighed. Judah weighed in at just over 28 lbs, and Asher was 19 lbs 5 oz. I think that Asher will overtake Judah one day!

hello!

who are those cute children? is Karen actually blogging again?

well, i may not be blogging much - it's nearly midnight! - but at least i'm blogging. (blogging with pictures - that's got to count for something, right?) i've figured out the problem: i keep trying to update the blog, but because i'm so far behind, the posts take so long to do that i get distracted/busy or fall asleep. so now, i am posting a few pictures. i will try to post a few more pictures in the next day or two, to get back into the habit. and i will update, slowly, as i go along. so check back in for more pictures, soon, and don't forget to scroll down to see updates and stories about what the Ennema family has been up to recently.

September

Does anyone know what happened to the summer? I'm having a hard time believing that fall is just around the corner...


In case you were worried: we're alive! We went to the Carolinas at the end of August/beginning of September, and have had a busy stretch since then. BUT I'm posting now, and I'm promising you, my faithful readers (are there any left?), that I will post again, very soon, with many more photos and lots of stories.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

July

I promised you some pictures, so here you go! =)

We had a wonderful, friend-filled Canada Day weekend this year. We spent the Saturday at my parents' house (they were gone) with friends Amy and Colin and Dave and Karen (and their daughter, Anneka). It was nice to just chill outside by the pool and watch a movie in the evening. Colin took some amazing pictures that day. Oh, expensive digital SLR camera, soon I will be able to afford you...(I hope!)

Dave showing Judah a toad.

Judah hamming it up for Colin's camera.

I love these pictures of Asher.

We had some family time on Sunday of the long weekend, and then on Monday, went to Brampton to visit Rob's childhood friend Bob, his girlfriend, Dawn, and their daughter, Victoria. We took the kids to Chingouacousy Park, had a barbeque in the evening, and then took the kids out for a walk to the playground. It was a nice family day.

Judah on daddy's shoulders at the petting zoo.

cautious about the petting zoo

Rob, Judah, Victoria, and Bob

Both Judah and Asher started swimming lessons at the beginning of July. Judah has taken them before, but we want to build his confidence, because he was quite afraid of the water before the lessons started this time around. Asher enjoys the water most days, but sometimes gets hungry during lessons and then doesn't want to have anything to do with it!

He's not smiling in these pictures, but he really does seem to enjoy the lessons!

This may gross you out, but we thought it was hilarious, so I'm going to share it anyway. A few weeks ago, Rob went into Judah's room to check on him before we went to bed, as he usually does. He noticed that Judah was sweating (which is common for him), and moved him over a little bit. Well, he had been sweating a LOT...check out this profile that he left. ALL sweat.

Isn't that bizarre?

At the beginning of July, Julie came over to my mom's place with Micah so that we could swim and just hang out. Micah and Judah were splashing away in the kiddie pool, and got each other all wound up. Micah was screeching loudly, but then he got upset when he heard Judah doing the same thing, so we had to take him out of the pool. Silly guys!

splashin' cousins =) this is before Micah got upset!

Now for some random pictures...

my big sweetie is growing up so quickly!

Daddy with Asher

CHEESE!

soaking up the warmth on a beautiful summer day

Asher is such a smiley guy. We feel so blessed to see how far he has come since birth!
He loves to sit in his Bumbo chair.

chillin' together in their chairs

Judah drew this picture of a tree! I thought it was pretty impressive!

the artist at work

blowing bubbles with Uncle Dan

cuteness

Asher loves to watch his brother play. Judah can get him to laugh so easily!
I will try to post a video of this.

hi, mom!

silly boy

more cuteness

i also have a whole whack of pictures from our camping trip at the Pinery in July. i will post those separately!